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Recent Elections Show Weaponizing Antisemitism to Protect Israel Is Backfiring
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Recent Elections Show Weaponizing Antisemitism to Protect Israel Is Backfiring

Mohammed Samaana

Israel and its hard line supporters have long relied on weaponizing charges of antisemitism to silence critics

The Other Iran, of Joy and Wine: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:40

The Other Iran, of Joy and Wine: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:40

03/06/2026 By Juan Cole

De-Healthification: Israel’s Engineered Collapse of Palestinian Life

De-Healthification: Israel’s Engineered Collapse of Palestinian Life

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In Sunny Spain, cheap Solar Power set to overtake Wind Generation, backed by Socialist Government and Co-ops

In Sunny Spain, cheap Solar Power set to overtake Wind Generation, backed by Socialist Government and Co-ops

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Spain’s photovoltaic electricity production is set to surpass its wind power, according to China’s Xinhua news agency. Spain is Europe’s […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
A Week after Int’l Criminal Court Warrants, Israel’s Natanyahu Intensifies Destruction of Gaza

A Week after Int’l Criminal Court Warrants, Israel’s Natanyahu Intensifies Destruction of Gaza

By Sabri Saidam ( Middle East Monitor ) – As soon as the arrest warrant was issued against the head of the Occupation government, the […]

Middle East Monitor

Israel/ Palestine
Universities should not silence Research and Speech on Palestine

Universities should not silence Research and Speech on Palestine

By Heidi Matthews, York University, Canada; Fatima Ahdash, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, and Priya Gupta, McGill University (The Conversation) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) […]

The Conversation

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Consumer Solar Surge: Pakistan Shows you Don't Need Government Programs to Green the Grid

Consumer Solar Surge: Pakistan Shows you Don’t Need Government Programs to Green the Grid

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – While no one was looking, the Pakistani public took matters into their own hands, adding 17 gigawatts of solar power […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel blocked all humanitarian aid for northern Gaza in November, says UN

Israel blocked all humanitarian aid for northern Gaza in November, says UN

The UN announced yesterday that Israel has blocked or obstructed all attempts to deliver life-saving humanitarian aid to the northern Gaza Strip throughout November. Details […]

Middle East Monitor

Iran
Iran and Israel Seek to Control online Narrative of their Conflict in advance of Next Hot Exchange

Iran and Israel Seek to Control online Narrative of their Conflict in advance of Next Hot Exchange

By Shirvin Zeinalzadeh, Arizona State University | (The Conversation) – Is Iran poised for a succession in leadership? Well, that depends on what you read. […]

The Conversation

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Lebanon Ceasefire underlines that both Israel and Hezbollah Lost the War

Lebanon Ceasefire underlines that both Israel and Hezbollah Lost the War

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – When Iran and Iraq were fighting each other in the 1980s, with neither regime being much liked in Washington, former […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Protesting Criticism of Approved Gaza Course Proposal by Cornell University President

Protesting Criticism of Approved Gaza Course Proposal by Cornell University President

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Michael I. Kotlikoff Interim President, Cornell University mik7@cornell.edu   Dear Interim President Kotlikoff: We […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

Donald Trump
We Can’t Let Ourselves be overwhelmed: Countering Trump’s Falsehoods Is More Urgent Than Ever

We Can’t Let Ourselves be overwhelmed: Countering Trump’s Falsehoods Is More Urgent Than Ever

( Tomdispatch.com ) – During this year’s presidential election campaign, I was puzzled and increasingly troubled that the issue of truth-telling — and the spectacular […]

Arnold R. Isaacs

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